Combination display or supporting board and attaching parts



Feb. 19, 1952 E J, HEGGEDAL 2,586,039

COMBINATION DISPLAY OR SUPPORTING BOARDl AND ATTACHING PARTS Filed Aprila, 1947 QH/IERE N (L5 RUAST BEEf IZ; f/7' N HAM a EGGS 7\ INVENTORATTORNEY malas m. it, issz UNIT-Ep? s'lrA'r assunse v COHBINATIQNDISPLAY 0R SUPPORTING BOARD AND ATTACHING PARTS Emil J. Heggedal,Lynbrook, N. Y., assigner to James S.

York, N. Y., and

Harold F. Moonert, Willoughby, Ohio Application April, 1947, Serial No.740,099

s claim. (ci. 1 -125) This invention lrelates to a combination display lor supporting board and attaching parts to form signs such as menus,advertising signs and display signs, for forming pictorial displays suchas designs and the like, and for forming mounting means for photo printalbums andthe like.

Among the objects of the present invention it impervious face. In someinstances, both faces of the sheet` yI are highly polished so that theyymay alternately or in combination be used to receive attaching parts orcharacters, such as the is aimed to provide an improved display or sup'porting board and attaching parts whereby with facility the averageunskilled user may produce a decorative menu, advertising sign ordisplay sign, or produce pictorial displays such as designs and thelike, or produce means or supporting means for photo print albums andthe like, which attaching parts may with facility be removed andrepeatedly used without impairing or injuring the display or supportingboard.

'I'hese and other features, capabilities and advantages of the, presentinvention will appear from 'the subioined detail description of specificembodiments thereof illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in whichFig. 1 is a front elevation of 'a menu sign having a transparent baseand independent opaque markers according to one embodiment. y

Fig. 2 is a section on the lined-2 of Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a front elevation of a menu sign havv ing an opaque base andindependent opaque markers according to a second embodiment.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a menu sign having a base and stripsbearing legends thereon according to a third embodiment.

Fig. Gis a fragmental front elevation of an ornamental display includinga base and attaching parts cooperating with the base to form anornamental display. picture or the like, according to af fourthembodiment.

Fig.- 7 is a fragmental front elevation of a base and photo prints, oneattached to the base by cooperation therewith, and the other attached tothe base by independent attaching parts, according to a nfth embodiment.

Fig. 8 is a 'perspective vof another embodiment showing the use of theinvention for the game Y tick-tack-toe.

Fig. 9 is a perspective view of still another embodiment showing the useof this invention for an adjustable clock.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 1, the display or supporting sheetI is preferably transparent and composed of some suitable material suchas Celluloid sor other transparent plastic material having at least onesmooth, nat, naturally glossy, press polished or highly polished airindices 2, preferably opaque or translucent'as distinguished fromtransparent and composed of some suitable materialsuch as polyvinylchloride or the like. In such cases, the parts or characters 2 arehomogeneous and fiat and preferably have one naturally glossy, presspolished or highly polished, non-tacky',air impervious face toengage'the naturally glossy or highly polished, nontacky, air imperviousface of the sheet I and due to pressure adhere to the sheet I. Suchsurfaces are conventionally defined as pressure sensitive surfaces.Excellent results have also been achieved when the sheet I was composedof glass and had a highly polished surface or surfaces to which theattaching parts 2 were attached by pressure. By means of this sheet andattaching parts 2 and the like, obviously various printed signs may beproduced which" can be mounted in a frame and located on a counter orthe like, or else suspended in the usual way. Or else the sheet I mayhave small openings, such as the I openings I and 4, formed at the upperleft and right hand corners to receive pins extending from a wall or toreceive a cord or` the like by means,4 of which the sign I may besuspended from a' wall or in a showcase display window or the like.

Without departing from the general spirit of the invention, obviouslythe transparent sheet I may be replaced by an opaque sheet 5, such asillustrated in Fig. 3, on which attaching parts, such as the parts I,may be secured, or else strips 'I having printed `matter formed thereonmay be secured tothe sheet l, see Fig. 5. Preferably the color of thestrip l will be different from the color of the sheet I, and of coursethe indices 9 be formed in or marked with colors which will distinguishthem from the strip 1. The sheet l and strips 1 here too are preferablycomposed of materials,such as aforesaid, having pressure sensitivesurfaces, which strips l may be readily attached to the sheet l, and inturn removed, and furthermore be repeatedly used if desired.

In the embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6. there is illustrated a sheet I0which may be composed either of transparent or opaque material and haveattached thereto pieces, such as the Pieces Il, lz, n and the like, ofvarious irregular shapes to form pictorial designs and thelike.

The embodiment illustrated in Fig. 6 lndl'it selfparticularly for use asan educational toy for children. since thefchild depending upon his 3creative ability and taste will be enabled to cut out various shapedpieces, such as the pieces II. I2 and I3 of different colors to formpictorial designs. Here too; according to the present invention. thesheet Il and pieces II, I2 and I3 are preferably composedof somesuitable subh naturally glossy face-when formed into a sheet to form thesheet or page of a photo print album to which are secured photo prints.such as the prints I5 and Il. If the prints, such as the prints Il. areformed of .a material'having a pressure sensitive surface, and the sheetI4 also is composed of a material having a pressure sensitive surface,the print I 5 may be secured to the sheet I4 according yto-the taste ofthe mount-` er. If the print, such as the print It, is not composed of amaterial having a pressure sensitive surface, then the print I8 may besecured to the sheet I4 by attaching pieces, such as the corner piecesI1, which overlap the corners of the print I6 and engage the pressuresensitive surface of the sheet Il. In the latter case, the pieces I1 arepreferably composed of a substance having a pressure sensitive surfaceso that it may cooperate with the pressure sensitive adhesive surface ofthe sheet I4.

Excellent results have been achieved when the sheet I of the embodimentillustrated in Fig. l is composed of transparent Celluloid or glass andthe parts 2 composed of polyvinyl chloride, commonly known as Vinylite,"and the opposing faces are naturally glossy or highly polished tocooperate with one another as pressure sensitive surfaces. In turn,excellent results have been achieved when the sheets I, 5, 8 and I4 ofthe embodiments illustrated in Figs. 1, 3, 5, 6 and 7 are composedof asheet of polyvinyl chloride and the attaching indices 2, 6, I2`attaching strips 1, attaching parts II to I 3, inclusive,

and I1, and print I5, similarly are composed of polyvinyl chloridehaving naturally glossy or highly polished pressure sensitive surfaceswhich may cooperate with` one another upon being pressed into engagementwith one another. From the foregoing it will thus beobvious that whenthe cooperating surfaces of the base andthe attaching parts are formedglossy. they will be non-aqueous, non-tacky, non-static and washable.

From the foregoing it will appear that without departing from the spiritof the invention, the sheets I, 5, I, I and I4 may be composed of somerigid substance, such as glass, acrylate, cellulose nitrate, orcellulose acetate, so long as one face is either naturally glossy orhighly polished. While ythe attaching indices 2, 6, atlashing parts u.lz, n, n, and strips 1 are preferably composed of some flexible materialsuch as pyroxylin. nitrocellulose, cellulose acetate and the likecombined with a suitable plasticizer, if the print I is rigid thenpreferably the page or album sheet I4 is flexible. Excellent resultshave been achieved when both the base and attaching parts or the basealone or the attaching parts alone have been more or less flexible, solong as the opposing faces are either naturally glossy or highlypolished and 'pressure is exercised to cause the two to attach to oneanother. Many plastic materials either have a or may have one facethereof highly polished when formed into a sheet, such for instance aspoiymerized vinyl chloride, polymeriaed vinyl acetate, vco-polymerizedpolyvinyl alcohol and butylaldehyde, co-polymerized vinyl chloride andvinyl acetate, and co-polymeriaed vinyl chloride. vinyl acetate andmaleic anhydride. cellulose nitrate such as oellulose esteriiled withnitric scid. preferably notv nitrated beyond 11%, nitrocelluloseassociated with camphor to 'produce pyro!- ylin, cellulose acetate suchas cellulose esteriiied with acetic acidanhydride, urea-formaldehyderesins or melamine-formaldehyde resins. and acrylate formed from acrylicand methacrylic resins. When the sheet I. l, 1. I. Il or I l is tobemade flexible, depending upon the degree required, a greater or lesseramount of plasticizer or the like may be added. The plasticizer will, ofcourse, depend upon the main plastic material used. While mineraloils,`such as linseed oil, castor oil and the like are extensively usedas plasticizers, in the case of some of these plastic materials, suchfor instance as nitrocellulose, instead of castor oil, tributylphosphate may be used. In the case of cellulose acetate, methyl-ethylphthalate may be used.

`In the case of urea-formaldehyde resins and melamine, oil modied alkydsare preferably used. In the case of acrylate, on the other hand.excellent results have been achieved when the plasticizer used waseither benzyl sebacate or butyl phthalate. It is well known in thisart,rof course. to use plasticizers such as polyalcohol derivatives,naphthalene derivatives, phosphoric acid derivatives, phthalic acidderivatives, saturated and unsaturated fatty acid derivatives, variousother aliphatic or aromatic acid derivatives, sucrose compounds, ureacompounds, and the like.

Without departing from the spirit of the lnvention, a square sheet, suchas the sheet i or B having intersecting demarcations thereon, such asthe sheet I8 illustrated in Fig. 8, depicting the plan of atick-tack-toe card, may be used in association with markers such as themarker I9 in black and other markers such as the marker 2l in red foropposing players.

Similarly without departing from the spirit of the invention, a cardsuch asthe card 2| having indices thereon portraying the face of a timepiece may be provided for use with a long arm 22 to serve as the minutehand, and a short arm 23 to serve as the hour hand. The cards Il and 20may be made of the same material as the sheets -5 and 8 and the markersIl, 2l and arms 22 and 23 of the same material as the letter pieces 2and 6 of Figs. l and 3. i

From the foregoing itwill appear that the adhesion here achieved is notachievedbyany electric charge in the two bodies engaging one another andadhering to one another, nor that this adhesion results from anyadhesive substance which is inherently adhesive and supplies theadhesive character of the surface, but rather that the adhesion resultsfrom the ability of two substances to adhere to one another when the twoengaging faces have expressed from between them all of the air so thatthe atmospheric pressure will now be relied upon to maintain the twosheets or substances in adhering engagement with one another. has beenachieved by bringing together the two glossy or polished surfaces of thesheets or substances to be adhered to one another, one of which may besubstantially rigid, as for instance In the present instance thisa,sss,oso

a sheet of glass, the other of which, however. must not only beflexible, but be characterized by a fatigue factor which will not havesumcient resiliency after stress, that is, after having been pressedinto engagement with the rigid glass polished face to return to normal.A sheet of vinyl chloride with a polished surface as distinguished froma sheet of rubber does have this characteristic. In order to simplifythe claims the word settable will be used to define this fatigue factorcharacteristic of vinyl chloride as an instance, the resiliency of whichafter stress will not cause the sheet to return to normal and separatefrom the glass sheet when the polished surface of a sheet of vinylchloride has been pressed into engagement with the polished surface of asheet of glass to express from between them substantially all of thefree air.

It is obvious that various changes and modiflcations may be made to thedetails of construction of both the board and markers without departingfrom the general spirit of the invention as set forth in the appendedclaims.

I claim:

1. A character for use as a display element, formed as a homogeneouselement adapted to be attached to a glossy support merely by applicationof slight pressure, said character comprising a piece of flat, flexible,air-impervious plastic material having at least one glossy. presspolished, non-tacky surface by which said character may be firmlyattached to said support.

2. A display comprising a support having a smooth, glossy,air-impervious surface, and a character formed as a homogeneous elementadapted to be attached to said support surface merely by the applicationof slight pressure, said character comprising a piece of fiat, flexible,airimpervious plastic material having at least one glossy, presspolished, non-tacky surface by which said character may be nrmlyattached to said support.

3. The combination as set forth in claim) in which the character isopaque and the support consists of a sheet of hard, transparent.nonplastic material.

4. The combination as set 'forth in claim 2 in which the supportconsists of a sheet oftransparent glass. and the characters are opaque.

5. The combination as set forth in claim 2 in which the character iscomposed of polyvinyl chloride.

r. A display comprising a support having a smooth, glossy,air-impervious surface, and a character formed as a homogeneous elementu adapted to be attached to said support surface merely by applicationof slight pressure, said self-supporting.

- Number Name 1,259,787 y Segall Mar. 19, 1918 1,530,997 Gjorup -si Mar.24, 1925 1,926,553 Morse Sept. 12, 1983 2,046,924 Pendergast v-; July'l.1936 2,200,203 Heintz May '1, 1940 2,262,400 v Laws Nov. 11, 19412,293,887 'Chamberlain" .v lAug-25,- 1942 2,331,086 `Taylor Oct. 5,1943`2,331,776 Heggedal Oct. 12, 1943 FOREIGN vPATENTS Number Country Date475.555 Great Nov. 19, 1937 charactercomprisingapieceofiiatdlexiblaair-`impervious plastic material having at least one glossy, press polished,non-tacky surface adapted to be pressed into intimate contact throughoutits area with the said support surface, vhereby molecular attractionbetween saidv intimately contacting surfaces will cause the same tobecome tightly attached to each other.

7. A character for use as a display element, formed as a homogeneouselement adapted to be attached to a glossy support merely by applicationof slight pressure, said character comprising a piece of fiat, flexible,air-impervious elastomeric plastic material including a plasticizer,said material having at least one glossy,

. press polished, non-tacky surface by which said character may befirmly attached to said sup- -port, the amount of plasticizer in saidmaterial being sufficient to, make the material flexible for attachmentas" defined, but insuillcient to make the material abby sol as to benonself-supporting.

8. A display comprising a'support having a smooth, glossy,air-impervious surface, and a character formed as a homogeneous elementadapted to be attached to said support surface merely by the applicationof slight pressure, said character comprising a piece of flat, flexible,airimperviouselastomeric plastic material including a plasticizer,saidmaterial having at least one glossy, press polished, non-tackysurface by which said character may be firmly attached to said support,the amount of plasticizer in said material being suiiicient to make thematerial flexible for attachment as defined, but insumcient to make thematerial iiabby so asv to be nonasm. J. HEGGEDAL.

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